窓

See also: 窗, 窻, and 䆫
窓 U+7A93, 窓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A93
← 窒
[U+7A92]
CJK Unified Ideographs 窔 →
[U+7A94]

Translingual

Han character

窓 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金戈心 (JCIP), composition ⿱㝐心 or ⿱宀忩)

References

  • KangXi: page 865, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25494
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2730, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7A93

Usage notes

This character is listed in the Kangxi dictionary (廣韻) as an unorthodox form (俗字) of 窻.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 窓 – see 窗 (“window”).
(This character, 窓, is a variant form of 窗.)

Japanese

Kanji

窓

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 窗)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
窓
まど
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
窗 (kyujitai)
牕
牖

From Old Japanese. Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”, ancient combining form of modern 目 (me)) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, opening”), in reference to an opening for looking through.[1][2][3]

Alternatively, may be a compound of 間 (ma, “gap”) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, opening”).[1][3][4]

First cited in some references to a text from 794,[5] and also found in the Man'yōshū of 759.[6]

The Microsoft Windows sense is a calque of English Windows.

Pronunciation

Noun

窓(まど) • (mado) 

  1. [from 759] window
    Synonym: (rare) 窓牖 (sōyū)
  2. [from 1931] (regional, dialect, Etchū region) a deep gap in a mountain ridge (so called for the way the wind blows through, like a window[1][7])
    Synonym: (Shinshū region) きれっと (kiretto)
  3. [date uncertain] マド: (investing) on a candlestick chart, a gap in day-to-day candlesticking caused by a marked increase or decrease in the price of a security, derivative, currency, or other investment
    Synonym: 空 (sora)

Descendants

  • → Yami: mado

Proper noun

窓(まど) • (Mado) 

  1. (Internet slang, dated) Windows (an operating system)

See also

References

  1. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. “窓”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. “窓・窗・牖”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  6. c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 11, poem 2679), available online here
  7. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  8. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

窓 (eumhun 창문 창 (changmun chang))

  1. Hanja form? of 창 (“window”).

Vietnamese

Han character

窓: Hán Nôm readings: song

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